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Re: want info on arm powerport or chest powerport
Bev,
It will be sore for a touch over a wk if I remember right, then it should start feeling better. You won't even notice it's there by mid January.  I'm glad you didn't get it under your bra strap because like JaneO said it really can be uncomfortable.
As someone else here mentioned they don't like their seat belt rubbing on it either. I can relate to that too. I told my chemo nurse one day that my seat belt sits right on top of my port and drives me crazy! So next time I saw her she gave me a gift...it was a little padded seat belt cover that wraps around the seat belt-- has velcro to place it where you want it. I love it and it really works great! Bev enjoy your Holidays and when you come back you can kick cancers butt and move on...and you will.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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